1. FC Schweinfurt 05

1. FC Schweinfurt 05

Full name	1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905, Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Schnüdel Die Grün-Weißen
Founded	5 May 1905; 119 years ago (1905-05-05)
Ground	Sachs-Stadion
Capacity	15,060[1] (860 seated)
Chairman	Markus Wolf
Manager	Victor Kleinhenz
League	Regionalliga Bayern (IV)
2023–24	Regionalliga Bayern, 11th of 18
Website	http://www.fcschweinfurt05.de/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905, Verein für Leibesübungen e.V., called 1. FC Schweinfurt 05, Schweinfurt 05, or simply FC 05, is a German association football club established in Schweinfurt (Bavaria) in 1905. It has sections for netball, fistball, field hockey, badminton, gymnastics, rugby, American football, futsal, and athletics.

The club is well known due to successful years in top and second-tier football leagues from the 1930s to the 1970s, and thanks to outstanding individuals. During the late 1930s, Schweinfurt's midfielders Albin Kitzinger and Andreas Kupfer, today considered as two of the best half-back players of all time,^[2][3] formed the core of the Germany national football team and represented their country at the 1938 FIFA World Cup and within the premiere FIFA continent selection Europe XI.^[4][5]

The FC 05 first team, which competes in the tier-four Regionalliga Bayern since the 2013–14 season, is organized within 1. FC Schweinfurt 1905 Fußball GmbH.^[6] The club plays its home games at Sachs-Stadion in Schweinfurt.^[7]

At a time when football became more and more popular among broad levels of the population, 1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905 was founded on 5 May 1905 by a group of sports enthusiasts. The club's first chairman, Pepi Popp, designed the still unchanged FC 05 crest.^[8]

The new team played in various local leagues until beginning of the First World War. The home games were held at Hutrasen south of river Main, the later venue of local competitor VfR 07 Schweinfurt. In 1919, Schweinfurt 05 had to move to a new court near Ludwigsbrücke and became member of the tier-one Kreisliga Nordbayern, but relegated after its first season. The team attempted a merger with Turngemeinde Schweinfurt von 1848, which lasted from 1921 to 1923, before the two groups parted ways again and the football division became 1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905, Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.^[6]

While FC 05 did not reap the expected benefits from the brief union, it improved dramatically after re-establishing itself as an independent club. Membership grew significantly and a number of new sports departments were formed within the organization. The football team yielded its first fruits in 1927 by winning the Unterfranken Cup championship,^[8] and in 1931, when it became Kreisliga Unterfranken champion.^[9]

Schweinfurt 05 finally gained first class status again with its entry into the Bezirksliga Bayern in 1931. After introduction of the Gauliga system in 1933, the club became member of the top-flight Gauliga Bayern thanks to finishing 3rd in Bezirksliga Bayern Nord. In addition, the team succeeded in winning the 1933 Bavarian Cup championship, but lost 1–2 to VfB Stuttgart in the subsequent Southern German Cup final.^[8]

The club experienced an era of successful seasons in the Gauliga years, winning the Gauliga Bayern in 1939 and 1942, and qualifying for the German football championship round. In the German football championship 1939 competition, Schweinfurt barely missed the semi-final qualification games after three wins in the group stage, where it defeated later 1943 and 1944 German champion Dresdner SC 1–0 in the first leg, but then lost to Dresden 0–1 in the decisive away match.^[10] The team failed in the round of 16 of the 1942 German football championship after a 1–2 loss to SG SS Straßburg.

Schweinfurt made a semi-final appearance in the 1936 Tschammerpokal, when it was defeated 2–3 by FC Schalke 04, the closest it ever came to winning a national title. Again in 1936, the club moved into its newly constructed stadium, the Willy-Sachs-Stadion (today: Sachs-Stadion), a donation by local industrialist and patron Willy Sachs.^[11]

At that time, FC 05 midfielders Albin Kitzinger and Andreas 'Ander' Kupfer became renowned in international football as they formed one of the best half-back duos in Europe. Kitzinger distinguished himself with assuredness on the ball and the calmness in which he distributed the ball. Kupfer was a player that fascinated the crowds with his elegant ways of playing. He was a master of kicking the ball with just moving his ankle joint.^[12] Kitzinger and Kupfer were an essential part of the famous Germany national team who defeated Denmark 8–0 in Breslau on 16 May 1937.^[2] One year later they competed at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, and were both called up to represent Germany within the FIFA selection Europe XI in the FA 75th anniversary game against England at Highbury in London.

Due to the Second World War, Schweinfurt 05 merged with Luftwaffen SV Schweinfurt into KSG Schweinfurt for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 Gauliga seasons.^[13] The club temporarily had been dissolved in May 1945 under pressure from the occupying powers.^[8]

After World War II, the re-established 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 was integrated into the tier-one Oberliga Süd, which, for the first time in German football, introduced the system of contract players in August 1948.^[14] The club stayed in the Oberliga for the duration of the league's existence until the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, was founded in 1963. Schweinfurt reached the round of the last sixteen of the 1954–55 DFB-Pokal, where it lost 0–1 in the replay against FC Schalke 04 after a 1–1 draw in the first match. On the occasion of the club's 50th anniversary in 1955, Schweinfurt could demonstrate its level when the team defeated German champion Rot-Weiss Essen 3–1, and achieved a 1–1 draw against Everton F.C. from English Football League First Division.^[8] The club made it into the 1957 and 1958 Southern German Cup finals and lost both times, to FC Bayern München and to VfB Stuttgart, respectively.^[8]

In 1950, Andreas Kupfer became the first captain of the West Germany national football team in his very final 44th appearance. FC 05 goalkeeper Günter Bernard earned two West Germany caps in 1962, before he joined Bundesliga founding member SV Werder Bremen one year later, and was named in Germany's squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 was one of 46 West German football clubs that applied for admission to the newly established Bundesliga in 1963. However, based on the Oberliga Süd score of its past 12 seasons, the club finally did not qualify for the new league, and thus found itself playing in the second tier Regionalliga Süd.

In the 1965–66 season, Schweinfurt became Southern German Regionalliga champion and made it to the Bundesliga advancement games. Here, the team missed to ascend to the top tier after it was unable to prevail in its qualification group with 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC St. Pauli, and promoted winner Rot-Weiss Essen.

With the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974, Schweinfurt was founding member of the southern division despite only finishing 15th in the last Regionalliga year. For its first 2. Bundesliga season in 1974–75, the club signed-up former national team striker and Bundesliga top scorer Lothar Emmerich. The team earned an excellent third place and barely missed the advancement games for promotion to Bundesliga.

After the 1974–75 season, FC 05 began to falter: poor results and financial problems saw the club descend first to the Bayernliga (III) and then, for the first time in 1983, to the Landesliga Bayern-Nord (IV). Schweinfurt 05 became a yo-yo club ascending and descending between tiers III and IV, with just a pair of brief 2. Bundesliga appearances in 1990–91 and in 2001–02.

As 1989–90 Bayernliga champion the club prevailed in the advancement games to 2. Bundesliga, but was not able to keep pace in the new league. The year before, the team had made it into the last sixteen of the 1989–90 DFB-Pokal, where it lost 0–2 to Eintracht Braunschweig. In 2001, Schweinfurt was promoted to 2. Bundesliga after finishing 3rd in Regionalliga Süd. The team's third-place finish was enough to let them skip past the amateur side of VfB Stuttgart, who were not allowed to advance a second side to the professional ranks. Despite a decent first half of the tier-two season, FC 05 finally could not avoid relegation after one year.

Disasters happened in 2004 when FC Schweinfurt 05 was forced to leave the Regionalliga Süd (III) because of financial reasons, and in 2005 when the club went bankrupt. The results in the Bayernliga (IV) were annulled, and the team was relegated to the fifth tier Landesliga.

A re-structured club successfully worked its way back into Bayernliga in 2007. After it was relegated again to the now tier-six Landesliga in 2009, the team returned to the Bayernliga immediately the following year. At the end of the 2011–12 season Schweinfurt managed to qualify for the promotion round to the new Regionalliga Bayern (IV) and advanced to the second round, where the team missed out on promotion.^[15] The club finally earned direct promotion to tier-four Regionalliga Bayern in the 2012–13 season by taking the championship in the Bayernliga northern division. Schweinfurt's first three Regionalliga years, however, were characterized by a permanent but successful struggle against relegation.^[16]

In 2016, the FC 05 first team was spun off into 1. FC Schweinfurt 1905 Fußball GmbH. By means of the reorganization, the club again established professional structures that shall pave the way back to higher leagues.^[6][17]

Schweinfurt actually experienced an upturn in the 2016–17 season and finished 8th in Regionalliga Bayern. In addition, the team succeeded in winning the Bavarian Cup after a 1–0 victory over SV Wacker Burghausen in the final.^[18] In the 2017–18 Regionalliga, Schweinfurt's ambitioned team was not able to jeopardize the championship of TSV 1860 München, and finally finished 3rd. 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 defeated 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen 2–1 in the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal first round,^[19] but then lost 0–4 to later cup winner SG Eintracht Frankfurt.^[20] In the same season, Schweinfurt 05 successfully defended the Bavarian Cup after a 3–1 victory over league competitor SpVgg Bayreuth in the final. Despite the objective of the 2018–19 Regionalliga championship and promotion to 3. Liga, Schweinfurt clearly missed this chance and finished 4th end of the season. In the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal first round, the team lost 0–2 to previous season's Bundesliga runner-up and 2018–19 UEFA Champions League competitor FC Schalke 04.^[21][22]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the original 2019–20 Regionalliga Bayern season was extended until spring 2021, and the 2020–21 season has been cancelled. In July 2020, the current league leader Türkgücü München was promoted to the 3. Liga,^[23] whereas runners-up FC Schweinfurt 05 qualified for the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal. In the first round cup match, Schweinfurt was defeated 1–4, again by Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04.^[24] 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 managed to win the long-desired championship of the finally discontinued 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern when the club prevailed in a play-off group of the top three eligible teams with Viktoria Aschaffenburg and SpVgg Bayreuth.^[25] However, Regionalliga champion Schweinfurt missed out on promotion to the 3. Liga after a 0–2 on aggregate in the play-offs against TSV Havelse from Regionalliga Nord.^[26] In the following two Regionalliga Bayern seasons, the team both times finished in the upper mid-field of the table.

With the 2023–24 season, FC Schweinfurt 05 football regained amateur status again for financial reasons.^[27] The team finished 11th in Regionalliga Bayern.

The season-by-season performance of the club from 1931 until today:^[28][29]

Season Division Tier Position 1931–32 Bezirksliga Bayern (Nord) I 4th 1932–33 Bezirksliga Bayern (Nord) 3rd 1933–34 Gauliga Bayern 4th 1934–35 Gauliga Bayern 3rd 1935–36 Gauliga Bayern 4th 1936–37 Gauliga Bayern 2nd 1937–38 Gauliga Bayern 7th 1938–39 Gauliga Bayern 1st 1939–40 Gauliga Bayern 3rd 1940–41 Gauliga Bayern 7th 1941–42 Gauliga Bayern 1st 1942–43 Gauliga Nordbayern 2nd 1943–44 Gauliga Nordbayern 5th 1944–45 Gauliga Bayern no results 1945–46 Oberliga Süd 7th 1946–47 Oberliga Süd 9th 1947–48 Oberliga Süd 13th 1948–49 Oberliga Süd 10th 1949–50 Oberliga Süd 12th 1950–51 Oberliga Süd 7th 1951–52 Oberliga Süd 14th 1952–53 Oberliga Süd 5th 1953–54 Oberliga Süd 8th 1954–55 Oberliga Süd 3rd 1955–56 Oberliga Süd 8th 1956–57 Oberliga Süd 12th 1957–58 Oberliga Süd 8th 1958–59 Oberliga Süd 10th 1959–60 Oberliga Süd 12th 1960–61 Oberliga Süd 14th 1961–62 Oberliga Süd 14th 1962–63 Oberliga Süd 11th 1963–64 Regionalliga Süd II 7th 1964–65 Regionalliga Süd 15th 1965–66 Regionalliga Süd 1st 1966–67 Regionalliga Süd 10th 1967–68 Regionalliga Süd 5th 1968–69 Regionalliga Süd 6th 1969–70 Regionalliga Süd 5th 1970–71 Regionalliga Süd 6th 1971–72 Regionalliga Süd 12th 1972–73 Regionalliga Süd 14th 1973–74 Regionalliga Süd 15th 1974–75 2. Bundesliga Süd 3rd 1975–76 2. Bundesliga Süd 18th ↓ 1976–77 Bayernliga III 14th 1977–78 Bayernliga 8th 1978–79 Bayernliga 3rd 1979–80 Bayernliga 4th 1980–81 Bayernliga 4th 1981–82 Bayernliga 2nd 1982–83 Bayernliga 16th ↓ 1983–84 Landesliga Bayern-Nord IV 1st ↑ 1984–85 Bayernliga III 18th ↓ 1985–86 Landesliga Bayern-Nord IV 1st ↑ 1986–87 Bayernliga III 14th 1987–88 Bayernliga 10th 1988–89 Bayernliga 2nd 1989–90 Bayernliga 1st ↑ 1990–91 2. Bundesliga II 20th ↓ 1991–92 Bayernliga III 7th 1992–93 Bayernliga 9th 1993–94 Bayernliga 9th 1994–95 Bayernliga IV 5th 1995–96 Bayernliga 3rd 1996–97 Bayernliga 5th 1997–98 Bayernliga 1st ↑ 1998–99 Regionalliga Süd III 5th 1999–2000 Regionalliga Süd 11th 2000–01 Regionalliga Süd 3rd ↑ 2001–02 2. Bundesliga II 17th ↓ 2002–03 Regionalliga Süd III 12th 2003–04 Regionalliga Süd 15th ↓ 2004–05 Bayernliga IV 19th ↓ 2005–06 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 7th 2006–07 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 1st ↑ 2007–08 Bayernliga IV 16th 2008–09 Bayernliga V 17th ↓ 2009–10 Landesliga Bayern-Nord VI 2nd ↑ 2010–11 Bayernliga V 9th 2011–12 Bayernliga 13th 2012–13 Bayernliga Nord 1st ↑ 2013–14 Regionalliga Bayern IV 16th 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern 13th 2015–16 Regionalliga Bayern 14th 2016–17 Regionalliga Bayern 8th 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern 3rd 2018–19 Regionalliga Bayern 4th 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern 1st 2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern 5th 2022–23 Regionalliga Bayern 6th 2023–24 Regionalliga Bayern 11th

• The 1944–45 Gauliga Bayern season operated in five regional divisions. It is unknown whether any of the season's games were played in the Lower Franconia (German: Unterfranken) division.
• With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas were abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onward were elevated one tier.
• The 2020–21 Regionalliga Bayern season has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, and the original 2019–20 season was extended until spring 2021. In July 2020, the current league leader Türkgücü München was promoted to the 3. Liga and thus suspended from 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern, and the club's league results have all been annulled. The 2019–21 Regionalliga Bayern champion and participant in the promotion play-offs against the champions of the 2020–21 Regionalliga Nord was determined end of the discontinued season in a double round-robin play-off series with the top three eligible teams Viktoria Aschaffenburg, SpVgg Bayreuth, and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05.

The recent season-by-season performance of the U23 reserve. After the 2017−18 season, the team had been pulled out from future league participation.^[30]

Season	Division	Tier	Position
2011–12	Kreisliga Schweinfurt 1	VIII	9th
2012–13	Kreisliga Schweinfurt 1		1st ↑
2013–14	Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Ost	VII	1st ↑
2014–15	Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest	VI	5th
2015–16	Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest		3rd
2016–17	Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest		1st ↑
2017–18	Bayernliga Nord	V	16th ↓

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

The club's appearances in German football championship competitions:^[31][32]

Season	Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
1939	Group stage	10 April 1939	Warnsdorfer FK	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1–4	4,000
		16 April 1939	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Dresdner SC	1–0	15,000
		30 April 1939	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Warnsdorfer FK	4–2	6,000
		7 May 1939	Dresdner SC*	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1–0	40,000
1942	Last sixteen	24 May 1942	SG SS Straßburg	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	2–1	12,000

^* Dresdner SC finished top of the group, level on points with Schweinfurt, due to better scoring

The club's appearances in Tschammerpokal (until 1943) and DFB-Pokal:^[33][34]

Season	Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
1935	First round	1 September 1935	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	SV 08 Steinach	4–0	1,500
	Second round	22 September 1935	PSV Chemnitz	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	4–2	7,000
1936	First round	14 June 1936	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	FC Hanau 93	4–0	2,000
	Second round	28 June 1936	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	SV 1898 Feuerbach	5–2	1,500
	Last sixteen	6 September 1936	TSG Ulm 1846	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	2–4	3,000
	Quarter-finals	25 October 1936	SV Waldhof Mannheim	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1–2	10,000
	Semi-finals	8 November 1936	FC Schalke 04	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	3–2	7,000
1939	First round	20 August 1939	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	SC Wacker Wien	2–3 (a.e.t.)	2,500
1942	First round	20 July 1942	FC Hanau 93	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	2–1	2,000
1943	First round	12 September 1943*	KSG Schweinfurt	1. FC Nürnberg	2–4	5,000
1954–55	First round	15 August 1954	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	2–4	20,000
	Last sixteen	26 September 1954	FC Schalke 04	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1–1 (a.e.t.)	5,000
		7 October 1954	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	FC Schalke 04	0–1†	7,000
1967–68	First round	27 January 1968	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2 (a.e.t.)	10,000
1968–69	First round	22 January 1969	Arminia Hannover	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	4–0	3,174
1971–72	First round	4 December 1971	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	10,000
		15 December 1971	Eintracht Frankfurt	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	6–1‡	3,000
1974–75	First round	7 September 1974	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–4	14,000
1975–76	First round	2 August 1975	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	2–0	3,000
1976–77	First round	7 August 1976	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	FV Hassia Bingen	2–3	2,000
1989–90	First round	19 August 1989	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Altonaer FC 93	1–0	2,100
	Second round	23 September 1989	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	4–2	6,500
	Last sixteen	11 November 1989	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	12,000
1991–92	First round	27 July 1991	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	SV Waldhof Mannheim	1–6	2,300
1996–97	First round	10 August 1996	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Hansa Rostock	2–5	5,000
2002–03	First round	30 August 2002	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1. FC Union Berlin	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2,500
2017–18	First round	13 August 2017	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	SV Sandhausen	2–1	4,610
	Second round	24 October 2017	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	15,060
2018–19	First round	17 August 2018	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	FC Schalke 04	0–2	15,060
2020–21	First round	3 November 2020#	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	FC Schalke 04	1–4	0

^* Originally scheduled on 22 August 1943, but adjourned after the allied air-raid on Schweinfurt on 17 August 1943.
^† Replay
^‡ Eintracht Frankfurt won 6–2 on aggregate.
^# Originally scheduled on 13 September 2020, but postponed after a legal challenge of Türkgücü München regarding the spot allocated to the representative of the Regionalliga Bayern.^[35] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, Schweinfurt's home leg was held at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, and without spectators.

In its first years, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 played the home games at Hutrasen,^[36] the later ground of local competitor VfR 07 Schweinfurt.^[37] After the First World War, the club had to move to a court in close proximity, located at Ludwigsbrücke in Schweinfurt. With promotion to Gauliga Bayern in 1933, however, the existing venue proved to be more and more inadequate.

The club's necessity finally motivated local industrialist Willy Sachs to the donation of a football stadium to the City of Schweinfurt, where the patron designated a privileged right of use for FC Schweinfurt 05. The new Willy-Sachs-Stadion,^[7] built by German architect Paul Bonatz, was opened on 23 July 1936 in the presence of leading politicians of the Third Reich.^[11] The stadium saw its first game three days later with a 2–2 draw between Schweinfurt 05 and 1935 German champion FC Schalke 04.^[8] Attendance record was 22,500 at a friendly between Schweinfurt 05 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1954.^[38]

Today, the stadium has a capacity of 15,060,^[1] where the grandstand hosts 860 covered seats. Besides the football field, the stadium offers track and field facilities, and is equipped with a classical Marathon gate. Premises at the stadium include changing rooms for players, coaches, and referees. Speaker cabins and a press area are available in the grandstand.

The stadium has been renovated and equipped with floodlights in 2001 in order to meet the requirements for 2. Bundesliga. In addition, an electronic scoreboard was contributed by Schweinfurt's large industry. Wavebreakers have been installed on the standing rooms in 2014 to safeguard the stadium's full capacity.^[39]

The stadium is listed as historic monument and is thus subject to preservation orders.^[40][41] As a consequence of Willy Sachs' Nazi affiliation, in June 2021 the Schweinfurt city council decided to rename the sports venue into Sachs-Stadion, in recognition of the value of the former Fichtel & Sachs company for the development of Schweinfurt.^[42][43]

Due to the club's ambitions to promote again to professional leagues with stricter legislations on stadium capacity and equipment, the city administration commissioned a feasibility study for a new stadium to be realised in Schweinfurt.^[44] Two locations for a football arena with a capacity of 15,000 have been proposed by the German architectural office AS+P, one at former U.S. Conn Barracks, the other close to the existing venue.

As of 25 October 2024^[45]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Emil Zorn 2 DF  GER Nick Doktorczyk 3 MF  GER Devin Angleberger 4 DF  GER Kevin Frisorger 5 DF  GER Max Wolf 7 DF  GER Leonard Langhans 8 DF  GER Thomas Meißner 9 MF  GER Partick Hofmann 10 FW  GER Michael Dellinger 11 MF  GER Valentin Schmitt 13 MF  GER Kristian Böhnlein (captain) 14 MF  GER Martin Thomann 15 MF  GER Kevin Fery

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  GER Luca Trslic 19 DF  GER Nils Piwernetz 21 MF  GER Lauris Bausenwein 22 MF  GER Tom Feulner 23 MF  MKD Spase Arsov 24 GK  GER Nico Stephan 25 MF  GER Elias Wehner 29 MF  GER Fabio Bozesan 31 GK  GER Lukas Schneller (on loan from Bayern Munich II) 33 MF  GER Joshua Endres 36 FW  GER Markus Einsiedler 37 FW  GER Sebastian Müller

• Albin Kitzinger (MF)
• Andreas Kupfer (MF)
• Robert Bernard (MF)
• Günter Bernard (GK)
• Lothar Emmerich (FW)
• Erwin Albert (FW)
• Michael Glowatzky (FW)
• Sebastian Kneißl (MF)
• Florian Trinks (MF)
• Daniel Adlung (MF)

Germany national football team (Caps/Goals):

• Albin Kitzinger: 44/2
• Andreas Kupfer: 44/1
• Günter Bernard: 2/0 (3 additional caps for SV Werder Bremen)

Europe XI (Caps/Goals):

• Albin Kitzinger: 1/0
• Andreas Kupfer: 1/0

As of 18 July 2024

Name	Position	Source
Coaching staff
Victor Kleinhenz	Head coach	[45]
Michael Gehret	Assistant coach	[45]
Gregor Opfermann	Assistant coach	[45]
Norbert Kleider	Goalkeeping coach	[45]
Organisation and management
Andreas Brendler	Director of football	[46]
Marcel Kühlinger	Management assistant	[47]
Medical department
Matthias Blanke	Team doctor	[45]
Simon Herwerth	Team doctor	[45]

Head coaches of the club from 1929:^[48][49]

Manager	Start	Finish
Karl Willnecker	1 July 1929	30 June 1930
Hans Teufel	1 July 1930	30 June 1933
Leonhard Seiderer	1 July 1933	30 June 1934
Fritz Bennöder	1 July 1934	30 June 1935
Hans Teufel	1 July 1935	30 April 1936
Hans Sauerwein	1 May 1936	30 April 1938
Ludwig Leinberger	1 May 1938	30 April 1941
Albin Kitzinger	1 May 1941	30 April 1946
Hans Teufel	1 May 1946	30 June 1947
Andreas Kupfer	1 July 1947	30 March 1949
Erich Kratzsch	1 April 1949	30 June 1950
Albin Kitzinger	1 July 1950	30 June 1951
Kuno Krügel	1 July 1951	31 October 1951
Andreas Kupfer	1 November 1951	31 May 1953
Fritz Teufel	1 June 1953	30 June 1959
Fritz Käser	1 July 1959	30 June 1960
Alfons Remlein	1 July 1960	31 December 1961
Fritz Käser	1 January 1962	31 December 1963
Andreas Kupfer	1 January 1964	30 June 1964
Fritz Käser	1 July 1964	30 June 1965
Gunther Baumann	1 July 1965	15 January 1967
Bernd Oles	16 January 1967	30 Juny 1967
Jenő Vincze	1 July 1967	30 June 1971
Kurt Koch	1 July 1971	15 November 1972
WalterLang/Ludwig Merz	16 November 1972	31 December 1972
Fritz Schollmeyer	1 January 1973	15 February 1974
Walter Lang	16 February 1974	30 Juny 1974
István Sztani	1 July 1974	30 June 1975
Peter Velhorn	1 July 1975	24 February 1976
Gunther Baumann	25 February 1976	15 May 1976
István Sztani	16 May 1976	15 October 1976
Fritz Käser	16 October 1976	15 October 1978
Otto Baum	16 October 1978	30 Juny 1979
Rolf Lamprecht	1 July 1979	30 June 1980
Otto Baum	1 July 1980	15 March 1983
István Sztani	16 March 1983	30 June 1983
Rudi Ziegler	1 July 1983	15 August 1984
Edgar Kommer	16 August 1984	31 March 1985
Heinz Wendrich	1 April 1985	15 December 1986
Werner Lorant	16 December 1986	30 June 1990
Elmar Wienecke	1 July 1990	12 August 1990
Niko Semlitsch	13 August 1990	22 April 1991
Georg Baier	23 April 1991	30 June 1991
Franz Brungs	1 July 1991	17 November 1991
Georg Baier	18 November 1991	30 June 1992
Erwin Albert	1 July 1992	31 August 1993
Riko Weigand	1 September 1993	15 February 1994
Đurađ Vasić	16 February 1994	14 September 2002
Hans-Jürgen Boysen	18 September 2002	18 November 2003
Rainer Hörgl	19 November 2003	30 June 2004
Rainer Ulrich	1 July 2004	15 November 2004
Rüdiger Mauder	16 November 2004	2 April 2006
Bernd Häcker	3 April 2006	30 June 2006
Wolfgang Hau	1 July 2006	16 January 2008
Werner Dreßel	17 January 2008	30 June 2008
Frank Lerch	1 July 2008	30 June 2009
Klaus Scheer	1 July 2009	19 September 2011
Udo Romeis	20 September 2011	30 June 2012
Gerd Klaus	1 July 2012	30 June 2018
Timo Wenzel	1 July 2018	5 November 2019
Tobias Strobl	6 November 2019	1 April 2022
Jan Gernlein	1 April 2022	31 May 2022
Christian Gmünder	1 June 2022	27 February 2023
Marc Reitmaier	27 February 2023	30 June 2024
Victor Kleinhenz	1 July 2024

The supporters of Schweinfurt 05 maintain a traditional friendship with the fans of Würzburger FV 04. They have a distinct hostility with fans of Würzburger FV's local rival FC Würzburger Kickers.^[50]

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  Fans prior to the start of a 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern match
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  Spectators during a 2017–18 Regionalliga Bayern match
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  Support in the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

• Official club site
• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
• 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 profile at Weltfussball.de
• Football in Bavaria at FuPa.net
• Football results at kicker.de
• Fan site (Kugellagerstadt.com)

50°3′4.6″N 10°12′10.9″E / 50.051278°N 10.203028°E / 50.051278; 10.203028